Ann Sullivan has over 30 years’ experience in mainstream and specialist education. Based in the UK, her career includes roles as a class teacher, literacy teacher, school-based Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO), an advisory teacher for pupils with special educational needs and a Specialist Leader in Education (SLE).
In 2018 her ‘Phonics for Pupils with Special Educational Needs’ programme was published by Speechmark Routledge. The seven-part resource is a systematic, synthetic, linguistic phonics programme. The programme is adapted to be accessible for pupils with a range of moderate to severe and complex needs, including nonverbal children and those with significant physical disabilities.
In 2022 her book for all parents ‘A Parent’s Guide to Phonics: Understanding How to Help your Child with Reading and Spelling’ was published.
Ann is on the writing team for pdnet (a network for those supporting children with physical disabilities in schools) and has written many articles on SEND for a range of publications.
She is a trustee of Speaking Out Forum, a small charity that supports young people with disabilities to ‘have a voice’.
Ann is a literacy consultant, trainer and writer.
Over 30 years’ experience in mainstream and specialist education. Mainstream primary teacher, mainstream secondary learning support teacher, Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCO), special school teacher, advisory teacher for pupils with special educational needs and a Specialist Leader in Education (SLE).
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